Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 102 Two Letters
"En." Huang Jingjie was washing the cup with clear water, glanced at the fifth prince and replied: "The shopkeeper Wu said that their boss made it clear, just send the things over." The fifth prince took a long breath and pointed to the book Shengfatie said: "Liu Gongtie thanked me for telling her those words. What does this book Shengfatie mean?" Glancing at him, he spoke vaguely about the chance encounter with Li Tian in the Nanning County Prince's Mansion, but he didn't have the nerve to say that the two were hiding in a fake cave to talk.

"Do you want the fifth master to help persuade the fourth master with this scripture?" Huang Jingjie asked suspiciously, and the fifth prince shook his head: "No, that girl is a smart person, and she won't do such a difficult thing."

"That's to make friends with the fifth master?" Huang Jingjie's thoughts changed quickly, the fingers of the fifth prince froze the book post, frowned and thought for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "It's not like, if it's just to make friends, This gift is a bit heavy, and besides, I don't think she ever thought about being close to me, so what else can I do?" The fifth prince leaned back on the pillow, crossed his legs, and thought while looking at the beautifully carved beams. Bewitched.

Yue Niang stayed behind Songqingzhai's shopkeeper Wu not far away, watching him enter the Qingfeng Building, then watching him come out empty-handed, watching him at the gate of the Qingfeng Building for another half an hour, and then leisurely returned. I went to Qingtongyuan.

Li Tian heard Yueniang say that Qingfenglou had accepted those two signatures, he breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softened slightly, Yueniang looked at her puzzled and said: "Those two signatures can't be bought with money, that's all." Sent it away? What happened?" Li Tian said the two things that the fifth prince said in a few words, and Yue Niang raised her eyebrows when she heard it: "It turns out that Li Dalang got the job like this! According to me, he is willing to mention Let him pick up the call, we just don't know, no matter how hard he puts in, we won't accept his favor! Anyway, we won't suffer."

"If it gets out, can we believe it if we don't know it? What about Fifth Lady's reputation?" Qing Zhi rudely refuted Yue Niang's words, Ying Luo made tea and handed it to Yue Niang, saying: "Qing Zhi said That's right, I can't take advantage of this bargain." Yue Niang took the tea: "If you can't take it, you can't take it, he just said these two things, and we just put up two precious postcards to go in? This is too expensive Right? It's a thousand words."

"The Liugong post is to thank him for telling me these two things, and the Shusheng post is to thank him for another thing." Li Tian explained, Qing Zhi frowned and asked: "What else? Also, Mu Ji that What is the matter on the water? If there is any money in this capital, which one does not do good deeds."

"It's different." Li Tian explained carefully: "The price of a bowl of Muji noodles is about the same as those of those big hotels, and it's doing business with middle-level people such as scholars and small officials. Decent, I asked the shopkeeper Ma to pay attention, most of the people who used to eat water noodles were scholars preparing for exams and temporarily frustrated literati." Li Tian looked at Qing Zhi and the others who were still in a daze, thought for a while, and had to explain a few more words : "Among these scholars and literati, there must be hidden dragons and crouching tigers. These people will become prosperous one day. After eating our water surface, they have to read the old ones. They have a little affection for Muji. At least read it well, this affection, this is good, one Two are not good, but what if there are too many? There are ten, eight, or even tens of hundreds? Even those who have been unhappy can read well. When it comes to wooden notes, they must say good words , there are as many good characters as there are poor scholars who have eaten our water, if someone wants to use it?"

Yingluo was dumbfounded, and Yue Niang whistled lightly: "Is this too much thinking?" Li Tian sighed softly: "The so-called popular heart is actually the heart and the hands of these scholars and literati. Pen, think about it, in that village, one clan, one township, the old patriarchs and squires who came out to represent the public opinion and preach the will of the imperial court, which one is not a scholar? The so-called enlightenment of the people by the imperial court depends on them to educate. Their likes and dislikes are one village and one clan We know the truth about public opinion in a township, and the royal family understands it better. When we use water, it is to buy people's hearts. This kind of buying people's hearts can only be done by the royal family and the court."

"Then what shall we do?" Qing Zhi's face paled in fright.

"When you were going to apply this water surface, did you really think so much?" Yue Niang looked at Li Tian and asked in confusion, Li Tian shook her head: "I applied water surface just for Yutangchun's book, and I only thought of these after listening to Fifth Lord's words Yes, I thought that a small soup noodle shop is among the [-] merchants in the capital, who would pay attention to it, who would have known that the uncle knew about this and told the officials that it was a big deal.”

"Then what shall we do?" Qingzhi became anxious. "If you close the wooden record, you will be fine, and you won't be able to earn much money. If you close it, it will be over once and for all." Yue Niang's ideas have always been straightforward, Li Tian shook his head and said: "Since the fifth master knows that it is my shop, the uncle will naturally I know, he sent people to add spring water every month, and told the officials about it, but I suddenly closed the shop. This is not to show that I will shame the uncle, but to offend the uncle. What if the officials a hundred years later It’s the uncle sitting on that chair, am I still alive?”

"Uh." Yue Niang stepped on the chair with one foot, looked at Li Tian sadly and said, "Then what should I do?"

"Cold salad." Li Tian twitched the corner of his mouth with a malicious smile: "Since the calligraphic scripture has been sent out, someone has to stand in front of us, so Qingzhi will go to the back street, Mother Wen." Home, tell shopkeeper Ma that from tomorrow onwards, Muji will only sell wine from Qianchunfang, and supply Yutangchun on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year."

Qingzhi blinked, and burst out laughing: "This is really a good idea, Qianchunfang has returned to Qingfenglou, who doesn't know about it, Yutangchun is only available in Qingfenglou! Mu Ji sells Yutang Chun, anyone can think that Muji is the property of Qingfenglou."

"Well, this favor belongs to Qingfenglou, no matter how much trouble there is, it's a matter between their brothers, so as not to hurt innocent people like us." Li Tian responded with a smile, Qingzhi put down the needle and thread in his hand, and hurriedly went out to find the horse shopkeeper to spread the word went.

"Fourth master wants to raise our second master's matter?" Yingluo looked at Li Tian and asked, Li Tian's expression froze, with a thick layer of anger floating between his brows, he threw the cup in his hand to the ground impatiently. After a few days, he took a few breaths and said: "Can I ignore it? What can I do? I can only go to him!"

"How about I go pass a message?" Yue Niang volunteered, and Li Tian waved his hand: "That is the popular prince, who do you think I am? Send someone who can order him this and that, even if he is fine now, he has to be here He left a thorn in his heart. If the score is settled after autumn, this thorn will kill us! I have to go there myself, little lady. We will go to Tianyifang first tomorrow morning, and then we will sit at Zhixiaju sit down."

"Is this trying to lure him out? Tianyifang is closer to the household department." Yue Niang understood Li Tian's meaning, looked at her and suddenly sighed: "Speaking of which, he has used a lot of sincerity towards you, and the long-term Not bad, you really don't think about it?"

"What's there to think about? How reliable is this sincerity? How much does he know about me? But I am confused by this appearance, how many years can this appearance last? Don't be old and fading, just look at it every day, and you will get tired of it within a few months Now, do you want me to spend all my time fighting with a group of women?"

"I think they can't beat you." Yue Niang praised earnestly, and Li Tian gave her a white look: "It's not that they can't beat you, but I don't want to. It's not worth it for a scumbag man. Why do women make things difficult for women?" Yue Niang's eyes widened after saying a word, and after a while she clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "It's such a joy to say! Men really don't have a good thing!"

The next day, Li Tian took Yue Niang and Yin Hua to Tianyifang for a stroll, then turned to Zhixia Residence, just sat down and drank half a cup of tea, before the lady in charge of Zhixia Residence brought this year's With all the latest materials in the capital, Yue Niang lifted the curtain and came in, winked outside, pouted her lips, and signaled that she was coming.

The hostess did not come in after she left, Yue Niang listened attentively to the movement, and gestured to Li Tian, ​​Li Tian stood up, Yin Hua was in front, the two left the house one after the other, Yue Niang followed closely Behind, also lift the curtain out.

The fourth prince was standing in the courtyard, hesitating whether to go in directly or let someone tell him first. When he saw Li Tian coming out, he was stunned. She said with a nervous smile: "What a coincidence." Yue Niang couldn't help but rolled her eyes.

Li Tian lowered his eyebrows and thanked him with a blessing: "Brother Li Xiaozu was dispatched by the store, thank you fourth master." The fourth prince was stunned, his brows were slightly frowned, and before he could speak, Li Tian continued: "Brother until now, I don't know that this matter depends on the care of the fourth prince. I also listened to my brother's gossip a few days ago, so I realized that it must be the care of the fourth master. It's just." Li Tian looked up at the fourth prince: " My elder brother is an honest but useless person. He is in charge of a few minor repairs at the moment, but dozens of people are already working very hard and making mistakes. He is also too honest. I can't tell people's hearts clearly, but the officialdom is turbulent and people's hearts are sinister. He is like this, and he is in the midst of it. It is really worrying every day, lest he will be instigated by people with good intentions and break the law." Li Tian paused, very worried He whispered: "If that's the case, even the officials can't save him." The fourth prince's face changed slightly, thinking of Li Xiaozu's stupefied look, he was silent, he had to admit that Li Tian was right, Li Xiaozu was so dumb It's so easy to plot against him, I am standing behind him. It is a support but also a disaster. Now it is such a delicate time. The fourth prince nodded slowly, looked at Li Tian and asked: "Listen! Said that you adopted an elder brother from the clan a while ago?"

"Yes, he is the second son of the hall uncle. The second son is called Li Xiaoning. The second brother is also an honest and responsible person like the elder brother. Before the adoption, the hall uncle told the second brother that he must know what he has done, and he must have self-knowledge. Don't be greedy for riches, try your best to do it, so as not to end up in a miserable end, which violates the original intention of adopting. My uncle and my second brother are all in the same mind. If you don't have the scheming talent, you should be content. It is a great blessing that the fourth house can have successors, so that we will not stop offering sacrifices to our ancestors in the future, except for the word "safety", my second brother and I dare not ask for more." Li Tian understood what the fourth prince meant, and before he could say it, he said it clearly Bai Bai blocked back first.

The fourth prince looked at Li Tian with burning eyes, and the smile on his face became wider and wider. He couldn't help laughing and said: "The men in your family are all average, but it's rare that you are extremely intelligent and transparent. The aura of the Li family is concentrated in you." Father and you are here." Li Tian bent his knees and did not answer, the fourth prince then laughed and said: "It is rare that you are so aware of the general situation, it is great wisdom to have this kind of vision and insight, very few women have your kind of wisdom, This is also where you are virtuous." Yue Niang heard the fourth prince praised Li Tian's virtuousness, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes again, and looked up at the blue sky speechlessly.

Li Tian bowed his knees politely and thanked: "I dare not be praised by the fourth master. The Li family is mediocre and useless. It is a blessing to be safe."

(End of this chapter)